If you want fresh blueberry muffins, but want a cheater way to do it, our Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins are the answer. Using a simple yellow cake mix, you can make muffin batter in a matter of minutes with a lot less measuring. This recipe makes soft, moist muffins every time. They are quick and easy to throw together, but taste like you spent all day baking.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
These cake mix muffins are one of our greatest shortcut recipes we have. Here’s all you need to make them:
- 1 (15.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
How to Make Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Mix dry cake mix (DO NOT follow directions on the box, just use the powder mix), baking powder, flour, milk, oil, and eggs together thoroughly.
- Fold in the *blueberries (reserving a few to sprinkle on top) very gently, only stirring a couple of times so that your batter doesn’t turn blue/purple.
- *If you’re worried about sinking blueberries, be sure to check out our tip below!
Recipe Tip: How to Keep Blueberries from Sinking
The solution to sinking fruit is to toss them in a tablespoon or two of flour from the recipe’s dry ingredients — just enough flour to give them a coating. Then, fold (very, very gently FOLD) the flour-coated fruit into the batter as the very last step before baking.
Recipe Variations
No yellow cake mix? No problem! See the other great flavor combinations you can use in this recipe:
- Another flavor cake mix: chocolate or white cake always taste great. Lemon would be exceptionally delicious with the blueberries!
- Another type of mix-in: Blueberries are delicious, but raspberries or chocolate chips are worth a try, too.
- Frozen blueberries: You can definitely use frozen blueberries in this recipe (the same amount as you would fresh), just be sure to toss them with a Tablespoon or two of powder cake mix before folding them into the recipe to help keep them from sinking.
Storage Instructions
Counter: Place any remaining muffins that you tend to eat the tender snickerdoodle muffins next 2-3 days in a ziplock bag and store them on the counter.
Freezer: Store these in a freezer-safe ziplock freezer bag for up to 3 months for the best results for the delicious muffins.
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Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces yellow cake mix, 1 box
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- ⅔ cup milk
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Mix dry cake mix (don't follow directions on the box), baking powder, flour, milk, oil, and eggs together thoroughly. Fold in the blueberries (reserving a few to sprinkle on top) very gently, only stirring a couple of times so that your batter doesn't turn blue/purple.
- Pour into lined muffin cups, filling about 2/3 full, and bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Makes 16-18 muffins.
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Ohhh buddy these look SO good! Can’t wait to make them and EAT them!
These look so good and wonderfully simple. Perfect for a college student budget.
These look so good! what a great idea to use cake mix 🙂
YUM! These look a million times better than the blueberry muffins I just made! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy! XO
I made these this morning for the family & everyone loved them! We do a cornbread recipe that uses a cake mix, so I knew that this recipe would probably hit the spot as well. I loved the ease of putting it together 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
I would love to make these mini muffin sized….by any chance do you know how long they would probably take to bake in smaller form?
Thanks 🙂
Not sure with mini muffin size. You will have to watch them closely so they don’t burn.
I tried this today with both yellow cake mix and white cake mix. In addition to the recipe, I added some lemon flavoring, lemon zest, and 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt. The muffins turned out great. I think the yogurt helped cut the sweetness of the cake mix and made for a more tender crumb. Both cake mixes tasted the same but I liked the lighter color of the white cake mix.
Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Did you have to cut down on the oil or milk when you added the yogurt?
do i use the 15.5 cake mix or the larger box for the muffins
Can I use mayo instead of oil?
We have not tried this recipe subbing mayo for the oil. So I can’t honestly answer this for you. Sorry.
Awesome. I’m not much of a cook. I had a chocolate cake mix but I wanted muffins. I found this recipe with a google search. It turned out great! It was a little dry, but I may have cooked it too long and I also didn’t add blueberries. Good stuff. Thanks for the recipe!
Would it be ok if I just use white cake mix instead of yellow? Also can I make them chocolate chip muffins instead of blueberries?
You can switch out the cake mix to whatever flavor you prefer. And chocolate chips sounds amazing!!
Can I use frozen blueberries instead of fresh and how much
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing!
Thank you so much!!!!
Chech out Pinterest for cake mix cookies, breads, pie crusts. Fantastic.
Yes i did
you can sub applesauce for the amt of oil you are meant to add and not just w/this recipe w/most!! so w/this recipe you’d use 1/3c of applesauce & NO OIL. i’d like to know if you sub yogurt for the milk seems like they’d be majorily moist w/both!
I used a box of sugar free yellow cake mix and followed the recipe. They were absolutely delicious. Thanks for this easy recipe !!!!
These sound amazing. I’m concerned that the nutrition information is not correct. The carbs per serving for the cake mix is 35 carbs per serving for 10 servings. Making 18 servings would still be 19.4 carbs per serving. That is just the cake mix.
I loved that these weren’t ‘greasy’ like some muffins but I did have a lot of trouble getting them out of my silicone muffin cups without the bottoms coming off!
Delicious, but why did all my blueberries sink to the bottom in every muffin???
What size cake mix box did you use for this recipe?
15.25 ounce cake mix.
The solution to sinking fruit is to toss them in a tablespoon or two of flour from the recipe’s dry ingredients — just enough flour to give them a coating. Then, fold the flour-coated fruit into the batter as the very last step before baking.
Delicious! Only change I made was substituting cashew milk for the cow’s milk. I think I will add a powdered sugar/lemon juice glaze drizzle for a touch of sweetness on top.
Oh my goodness these are delicious! Followed the recipe exactly using some of the flour to coat the berries stopped them from sinking to the bottom! I was worried they would be too sweet using cake mix but they were perfect, moist delicious blueberry muffins. I will be making these all the time! Thank You for such an outstanding recipe! Hubby loves them so much he’s taking some for breakfast in the morning.
I have some dried blueberries I need to use up. Would it work to use them instead of fresh or frozen blueberries?
Hi Donna, from everything I read dried blueberries should work fine in muffins. Some articles said just throw them in, but use a less than the recipe calls for. This is what another article said: Dried Blueberries make an excellent snack, but can be used for many of your daily cooking and baking purposes. Tip: When using dried blueberries for cooking or baking, soak, covered in hot water for 5-10 minutes. The berries will begin to rehydrate. Drain thoroughly before adding to your recipe.
I used this recipe but instead of blueberries i used 9 oz of sunbutter and it took a bit longer to cook but they came out absoloutly perfect
Can the Pillsbury sugar free yellow cake mix be used to make the muffins using the same ingredients or does the recipe have to be modified because a sugar free mix is being used?
We haven’t tried these muffins with a sugar free cake mix.
I don’t have milk or yogurt what can I use instead?
Drinkable yogurts can also be a substitute for milk.
Yum! Yum! Yum! Very good and easy to make. Thank you!
I absolutely love this recipe! I used a sugar-free cake mix since my husband has diabetes, turned out AWESOME!!!!
I can’t wait to make this recipe!!
This is so easy and yummy! Great blueberry tip to keep them from sinking!
Loved this idea. I have already made lemon pound cake and lemon poppy seed muffins with cake mix. Now I have blueberry or chocolate chip muffins!
Changes. Added vanilla, lemon zest of one lemon, juice of 1/2 lemon. Pinch of salt. Used lemon cake mix. So beyond delicious. Thank you!
Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing.
turned out perfect and delicious ! I added lemon zest to mix and mixed 2Tab of cake mix into blueberries instead of using flour. Really good recipe !!
I made these for dinner tonight. I used a small, yellow cake mix, and halved the rest of the ingredients. I used a combination of raspberries and blueberries, delicious. Easy ! Would definitely make again!